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About Microsoft

 Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) (4338), or often just MS, is an American multinational computer technology corporation with 79,000 employees in 102 countries and global annual revenue of US $51.12 billion as of 2007. Founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. The company released an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market, which, due to the ensuing rise of the stock price, has made four billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism for various reasons, including monopolistic business practices—both the U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission, among others, brought Microsoft to court for antitrust violations and software bundling.

 

Microsoft has footholds in other markets besides operating systems and office suites, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse and home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV.

 

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1. “ Microsoft can make more money as a cloud provider than as a licensed server provider. ”

   In How the Cloud Will Disrupt the IT Status Quo

2. “ Regrettably, based on Microsoft/Danger's latest recovery assessment of their systems, we must now inform you that personal information stored on your device – such as contacts, calendar entries, to-do lists or photos – that is no longer on your Sidekick almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger. ”

   In T-Mobile: Microsoft Lost All the Sidekick Backups

1. Mentioned In 305 Articles

2. Ten Unique Data Center Designs

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (15 hours, 26 min ago) Power and Cooling , Solar , Cloud Computing , Servers

   ... water than typically consumed in other data centers of this scale. The facility will power much of Microsoft’s global cloud computing operation. The Dublin center operates at a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Netherlands   IBM   Syracuse University

3. HP introduces Butterfly Flexible Data Center design, reducing CAPex by 50%

   Explore Article greenm3.com (Jul 27 2010)

   ...ing distribution. HP introduces Butterfly Flexible Data Center design, reducing CAPex by 50% OK, my Microsoft past haunts me. HP introduces a "butterfly" data center design and I think of the MSN butterfly. ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft

4. Microsoft, Google Vie to Sell U.S. Cloud Mail

   Explore Article Business News & Financial News (Jul 26 2010)

   A new front has opened in the battle between Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp.: selling Web-based email and other software to the federal government. The two technology ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft   General Services Administration   Google

5. Data Centers: For When The Cloud is Not Enough

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 22 2010) Cloud Computing

   ..., Facebook and Twitter are following the lead of other huge “Internet-scale” companies like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and eBay, who all build custom data centers to maximize gains in performance and cost. Scali... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon.com   eBay   Digital Realty

6. The Technology Inside Apple’s New iDataCenter

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 21 2010) Cloud Computing

   ...ing chilled water (meaning Apple won’t be going “chiller-less” to save energy, as Google and Microsoft have done). Apple’s data center operations are overseen by Olivier Sanche, who previously directed... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   IBM   eBay   Apple

7. Complexity of Data Center Construction Projects requires challenging the status quo, site selection example

   Explore Article greenm3.com (Jul 20 2010)

   ... tenant ‘Its like the decision to go to IBM in the 80s. Its hard to argue against a location where Microsoft or Google has placed one of its facilities.’ Tying into the power conversation is that of water. W... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   IBM   Microsoft   Phil Horstmann

8. Google Boosts Data Center Spending

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 19 2010)

   ...gton, and has also restarted a project in West Des Moines, Iowa that was put on hold in early 2009. Microsoft is also said to be scouting potential data center sites in Virginia and North Carolina. Where’s the... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft   Google

9. Rackspace Backs the Open Source Cloud

   Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 19 2010)

   ...nd growth, while also providing a competitive counterpoint to proprietary platforms from Google and Microsoft. OpenStack will be of particular interest to web hosting companies, who have been leading adopters ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Rackspace   Microsoft   Google

10. The instant new-build data center - by Doug Mohney

    Explore Article Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jul 15 2010)

    ... Many companies are already on the data center container bandwagon, including IBM, HP, Google, and Microsoft; the U.S. military and certain government agencies love the concept since you can build a transport... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Doug Mohney   IBM   Microsoft

11. Data Centers With No UPS or Generator?

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 14 2010) Data Center Outages , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing , Servers

    ...ities (see How Google Routes Around Outages for details). Chillers Targeted for Elimination Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have all built new data centers that operate without chillers, eliminating one of the mos... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Yahoo   Microsoft

12. Container Design: Busting Out of The Box

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 12 2010) Construction , Container

    ...uirements, temporary capacity, or novel designs like the cloud computing facilities being built by Microsoft and Google. But some data center design and construction firms are now rolling out designs that emp... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   IBM   Microsoft

13. Colt: A Modular Data Center in 4 Months

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 8 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

    ...gn featuring modular building blocks that are built in factories and assembled at the project site. Microsoft and Digital Realty Trust have been among the U.S. companies advancing this approach. “The launch of... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   Microsoft

14. Eddie Gets Power Boost, Goes Green

    Explore Article HPCwire (Jul 6 2010) Power and Cooling , Grid Computing

    ...etwork, atop the highly popular Windows/.NET platform, and in the process has become an unrepentant Microsoft booster. For traditional HPC users, anything not Linux plus MPI or OpenMP is mostly looked upon as ... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   IBM   Intel

15. RackForce Completes Upgrade of GigaCenter Data Center

    Explore Article Web Host Industry Review (Jul 6 2010) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

    ... Denver - Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix - Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC - Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Microsoft Launches Free Website Tool, WebMatrix Beta News: HP to Help Consolidate Ferrovial's 18 Data Centers... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Europe   Interactive Data Corporation   RackForce

16. Report: Major Projects Eye Charlotte Region

    Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Jul 5 2010)

    ... its efforts in the area, and Five 9s Digital recently began marketing sites in the region as well. Microsoft is also reportedly considering a site in Mebane, North Carolina for a new data center project, whil... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Juniper Networks   Apple   Microsoft

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